Saturday 10th October
🎃 Sandy Lane Farm: Pumpkin Day
Pick your own pumpkins and squash straight from the field, follow the children’s trail and explore the pumpkin & squash display. There’s also a farm shop, coffee bar, BBQ and cakes.
📅 Saturday 10th October ⏰ 10am – 2pm 💴 Free, £3 for parking 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See Sandy Lane website for more info.
🐍 Waterperry Gardens: Snake Hunt
This is a new one! Find all the snakes around the garden, mark them off on the map then claim your prize at the end. Free play area by the café and short pushchair-friendly walk nearby. Love Waterperry, been annual pass holders for years, highly recommend!
📅 On until November 1st ⏰ 10am – 2pm 💴 Free, £3 for parking 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See Waterperry website for more info.
🍎 Eynsham Apple Day and Green Festival
Lots on! Apple juicing and tasting, craft activities, games, bird box making, plant a meadow wildflower or grow a tree with Eynsham Nature Recovery Network. Tea and cake obligatory!
📅 Saturday 10th October ⏰ 2pm – 4.30pm 💴 Free 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See Eynsham Online for more info
📚The Story Museum: Access – friendly open day
Enjoy a relaxed family day exploring the Museum’s galleries and Small Worlds, with adjusted lighting and sounds and limited tickets. One timed ticket includes access to all galleries, including the Mystery Academy: School for Young Detectives exhibition and Small Worlds.
📅 Saturday 10th October ⏰ 10am – 3.30pm 💴 Adult: £14.50, Child: £7.50 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See Story Museum website for more info.
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Sunday 11th October
Remember that it’s the Oxford Half today and there’s road closures in place! View them here.
💨Wheatley Windmill Open Day – last opening of 2026!
A lovely local windmill experience! One of only two working windmills in Oxfordshire – don’t miss this opportunity to climb to the top and savour the views! The mill is dated to at least 1671 and was left in various states of ruin before being restored by a dedicated group of volunteers: Wheatley Windmill Restoration, then Preservation, Society. Come hungry because fundraising coffee, tea and cakes are on offer!
📅 Sunday 11th October ⏰ 2pm – 6pm 💴 No entry fee but donations welcome 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ Details on the Wheatley Windmill website.
🍄🟫 Harcourt Arboretum: Family-friendly fungus event
Get creative and discover the wonderful world of fungi! Join artist Caroline Jackson-Houlston for family-friendly art activities and have a go at drawing your very own fabulous fungal fruiting body.
📅 Sunday 11th October ⏰ 1.15pm – 4pm 💴 Free with garden entry (Adult: £9, Under 16: Free) 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ See Harcourt Arboretum website for more info.
🎃Rectory Farm: The Pumpkin Patch
Pick your own pumpkin, explore the pumpkin patch and enjoy a full day of activities including mini ride-ons, a sweetcorn maze, interactive games, storytelling and tractor rides (weather permitting).
📅Open every weekend in Octobers and everyday in half-term ⏰ 9am – 5pm 💴 Free entry 🎫 No booking required ℹ️ More on Rectory Farm website.
